fitness

Holy shit – I’ve never quite seen anything like this. It’s a gym in Cape Town which claims to have the ‘ultimate power hour’ – featuring a live DJ on decks and nightclub lighting. Make sure you’re sitting down for this.

It really does take all sorts to make up the colourful world we live in and it is definitely true that body shaming is a big issue for both men and women. The answer this woman found? Pole dancing… like you have never seen or imagined it.

Because we know Thursdays are stressful, we decided to spoil you with a little glimpse of the US Pres in the gym. No glamour, no filters, just good old sneaky cell-phone footage. Work those weights Barack!

Such fun! The perks of being an ath-o-lete – if you’re seriously good at something that’s incredibly dangerous, it’s easier to take the piss out of it. Like this montage of bored pole vaulters. They’ve obviously got this sport down to a tee, allowing them to take their frustration out with what most probably started [...]

If you know the feeling of struggling through the last kilometre of your run, take heed of these five tips, as the songs on your running playlist may be the key to giving you that final burst of strength.

Well that seems reasonable. Harvard graduate Yifan Zhang has started up the Gym Pact program, which offers participants free or reduced rates for gym memberships, provided they stick to pre-arranged workout plans; skipping sessions leads to higher rates, with the thought that this would motivate cheap gym-goers.